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Application for support
for 25 early career scientists from Central and Eastern Europe and the
Mediterranean
to attend
EU FP7 Project REDNEX Workshop
on
Nitrogen Utilization and Loss by Dairy Cows – State of the Art in Modelling
and Prediction
Saturday 23rd August 2008 (09.00 – 18.00h)
and
EAAP Special Session - The Impact of Farming systems on the Environment
24th August 2008 (14,00 – 18.00)
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This site relates to the "Young-Train", a Specific Support Action (SSA)
funded by the European
Commission and FP6 - DG Research
Directorate E "Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food"
Unit "Strategic and Policy Aspects"
(Proposal/Contract no.: 016101). |
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 This SSA is lead by the European Association for
Animal Production EAAP,
Via G. Tomassetti 3,1/A, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Tel.: +39-06-44202639;
E-mail: ecs@eaap.org |
eLearing Material
developed during the project
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Aims of the SSA |
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 | Select, train and develop about forty Early career animal scientists
from Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to ensure that they
are fully equipped to take part in future RTD activities in a whole food
chain approach to meat quality and safety. |
| Monitor and mentor the progress of the Early career scientists through
the support of experienced multidisciplinary scientists in the steering
committee and the project team to ensure their involvement with existing
centres of excellence. |
| Establish collaboration between the Early career scientists, members
of the Project Steering Group, the EAAP country contacts and the
appropriate FP6 National Contact Points (NCP) for Food Quality and Safety
to derive RTD priorities relevant to the problems in their regions/
countries and to facilitate dissemination and exchange of relevant
information. |
| Provide a forum for these Early career scientists to interact with
their peers, centres of excellence and NCPs to develop joint RTD proposals
in meat quality and safety that are relevant to the problems of Central
and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. |
| Develop eLearning training and awareness materials that will be
subsequently used for dissemination of the whole food chain approach to
meat quality and safety. |
| Better integrate and strengthen the ERA by providing these Early
career animal scientists with the skills and contacts necessary to take
part in future collaborative RTD activities in support of the priorities
of the work programme on Food Quality and Safety.
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Expected results |
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| An enhanced understanding for the ERA, and especially for the Central
and Eastern European and Mediterranean target countries, of the total food
chain as it relates to meat quality and safety; |
| Integration of the target countries and particularly Early career
animal scientists into major research European networks; |
| Improved dissemination of past FP programmes and other results on meat
quality and safety in the target countries; |
| Innovative methods of training animal scientists on the RTD issues in
relation to a whole food chain approach to meat quality and safety; |
| Development of the ERA.
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Expected deliverables |
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Trained Early career scientists from the target countries possessing the
skills and contacts needed to participate in whole European system
research networks in meat quality and safety; |
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Joint RTD proposals under future framework programmes that are relevant
to the needs of the target countries; |
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eLearning training materials for wider use by the animal science community
and meat chain industries in the target countries to sustain the initial
investment; |
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Dissemination of past framework programmes and other relevant research
results through collaboration of Early career scientists, EAAP country
contacts and NCPs. |
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